What do you call...

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What do you call a hockey mom who preaches abstinence only?

A grandma

Sex education works

Now that states are rejecting federal funds for ineffective abstinence programs, they should take note that real sex education does what it's supposed to:

The [CDC] study showed marked decreases in sexual behavior among both young men and young women. Teenage boys who received sex education were 71 percent less likely to become sexually active before age 15, and teenage girls were 59 percent less likely to become sexually active.

Knowledge is power.

Sex Education: Some of our states IS learning

Not only are states wising up to the ineffectiveness of "abstinence-only" monologuing, they're actually turning down federal funds for it. Hooray for science!

Creationism is to Science Education as ______ is to Sex Education

If you guessed "Abstinence," give yourself a point and pat yourself on the back; you now understand sex education better than Congress.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports today that abstinence programs had literally no effect on the number of sexual partners or the age of first sexual experience of teens in the programs versus those taking conventional sex education courses. This report is far from the first evidence; there are numerous studies showing the ineffectiveness of abstinence education. In fact, some abstinence programs not only fail to restrain sexual activity, but cause youth to be less likely to use contraception.

And yet, here's what the original newspaper story had to say about the funding for these ineffective programs:

Congress will consider renewing funding for abstinence education.

Hopefully that means Congress will consider more abstinence education funding like President Bush considers becoming pro-choice.